LONDON (ShareCast) - Afren: Westhouse Securities shifts target price from 160p to 165p and reiterates a buy recommendation.

BAE Systems: Bank of America raises target price from 328p to 412p, while staying with its underperform rating.

Cape: JP Morgan takes target price from 308p to 323p and stays with its overweight rating.

Carillion: Liberum Capital moves target price from 260p to 280p, while its hold recommendation remains unchanged.

Chemring: JP Morgan increases target price from 300p to 325p and maintains an overweight rating.

Close Brothers Group: Panmure Gordon initiates with a target price of 1105p and a buy recommendation.

Darty: N+1 Singer ups target price to 85p, while downgrading from buy to hold.

Diageo: JP Morgan revises target price from 2150p to 2200p and retains an overweight rating.

G4S: Exane moves target price from 240p to 260p staying with its neutral rating.

Hunting: JP Morgan takes target price from 727p to 752p, while leaving its underweight rating unaltered.

IMI: HSBC increases target price from 1530p to 1675p, while downgrading to neutral.

Imperial Tabacco Group: Investec moves target price from 2440p to 2475p reiterating a buy recommendation.

Inmarsat: JP Morgan raises target price from 750p to 800p maintaining its overweight rating.

International Personal Finance: Panmure Gordon initiates with a target price of 700p and a buy recommendation.

Kentz Corporation: HSBC ups target price from 600p to 615p retaining a neutral rating. Liberum Capital revises target price from 590p to 610p and keeps its hold recommendation.

Lamprell: JP Morgan shifts target price from 164p to 166p and stays with its neutral rating.

Meggitt: Bank of America moves target price from 550p to 570p reiterating its buy recommendation.

Melrose: Investec revises target price from 300p to 315p and keeps a buy recommendation.

Office2Office: Panmure Gordon lowers target price from 68p to 57p, while upgrading from hold to buy. WH Ireland cuts target price from 100p to 60p and retains an outperform rating.

Ophir Energy: JP Morgan reduces target price from 550p to 460p, while leaving its overweight rating unchanged.

Paragon: Panmure Gordon initiates with a target price of 390p and a buy recommendation.

Pearson: Deutsche Bank cuts target price from 1225p to 1000p downgrading from hold to sell.

Playtech: Investec takes target price from 600p to 690p and retains a hold recommendation.

Provident Financial: Panmure Gordon initiates with a target price of 1700p and a hold recommendation.

Rotork: HSBC ups target price from 2600p to 2650p, while leaving its underweight rating unchanged.

Shire: Berenberg moves target price from 2250p to 2350p keeping a hold recommendation.

Smiths Group: HSBC reduces target price from 1550p to 1400p and downgrades to neutral.

SOCO International: JP Morgan lowers target price from 417p to 413p keeping its neutral rating.

Stagecoach: Investec shifts target price from 320p to 325p retaining an add rating.

Travis Perkins: Citi upgrades from neutral to buy with a target price of 1745p.

Ultra Electronics: Bank of America ups target price from 1960p to 2050p and keeps a buy recommendation.

UNITE Group: Numis takes target price from 381p to 415p, while downgrading from buy to add.

Wolseley: Citi increases target price from 3400p to 3600p and upgrades from neutral to buy.

WPP Group: Investec places its target price (prev.: 1250p) under review keeping its buy recommendation.

Xaar: Investec raises target price from 840p to 920p maintaining an add rating.

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